Chicago Underground Project
Objectives and Approach
About UI Labs - City Digital
I N N O V A T I O N A T T H E P H Y S I C A L - D I G I T A L C O N V E R G E N C E I N S M A R T C I T I E S
City Digital is a
collaborative partnership
among leading
corporations, research institutions, and the public sector
that:
Establishes and
prioritizes critical areas
of need
Develops
innovative
solutions
Deploys
solutions leveraging Chicago
as a pilot
test-bed
Facilitates
scale-up and global implementation
Underground Infrastructure Mapping
A R E A L P R O B L E M W I T H A R E A L M A R K E T
$1.6
Billion
Annual Cost from Accidents
The Challenge
The problem is due to:
Existing records are typically 15-30% off mark
Existing records are incomplete (in Chicago, 90%
do ’t have depth di e sio )
Maps are not updated after relocation of assets
Underground assets are not mapped and
Return on Investment
O f A c c u r a t e l y M a p p i n g t h e U n d e r g r o u n d I n f r a s t r u c t u r e
The rate of return for underground mapping projects ranges from 3.4X to 21X
21X
PennDOT 2007
16X
Milan Expo 2015
4.6X
U.S. DOT 1999
4.3X
Toronto 2010
3.4X
Chicago Pilot Overview
Solution Partners:
Objective:
The Pilot project will deliver a self-building, self-maintaining, engineering grade,
common, secure data platform of 2D/3D utility data scalable to support a city the size
of Chicago.
Chicago Pilot Overview
Digital
GIS Data Platform
•
Standardized GIS data
•
Cloud-based
•
Secure
2D/3D GIS
User Interface
•
view the infrastructure in the
geographic area in 3D format
Process & Governance
Documents City Existing
Value Proposition
–
Value Tree
Current issue of…
causes…
resulting in the following pain points…
•High amount of time spent on information retrieval •Project approval delays
•Design costs (due to delays)
•Design costs (due to additional survey/ testing/ platting services)
•Liability concerns for approving projects
•High effort of coordination among parties working on the same data set
•Higher construction bids
•Construction cost (due to delays)
•Construction costs (due to non-labor related services) •Adverse economic impact
• Increase in change orders
•Increased time required for conflict resolution based on disparate plan formats
•Risk to public and worker safety
•Higher insurance costs
•Higher raw material costs
•
Accidental damage to underground and above ground infrastructure Inability for multiple stakeholders to
efficiently coordinate to make decisions
